User talk:Earthlodge

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Earthlodge


A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Earthlodge, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be blatant advertising which only promotes or publicises a company, product, group or service. This is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages — user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources or advertising space. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  14:45, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy. Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In that reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Alexf(talk) 14:48, 23 March 2018 (UTC)


 * What page with "two hours formatting" are you referring to? The only deleted page by you I see is literally one sentence. Did you edit Wikipedia under a different username? Max Semenik (talk) 00:59, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

I am so confused. I did not create a user page that I remember. I think wiki may have asked me few questions after login that I answered, I don't remember.... I had registered the username initially two years ago but never did anything with it. Then I logged in a few days ago for the first time again and started writing an article for "Maya Cointreau" (an author BLP). I spent about two hours on it trying to follow the proper format, etc. When I hit the publish button, I got a "banned" notification and saw that I had been flagged for speedy deletion pretty much immediately after logging on.Earthlodge (talk) 02:28, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Then let me refresh your memory: "Earth Lodge is a small independent press specializing in holistic ..." - that's what was put on your now-deleted user page three days ago, immediately before the block. Doesn't mention Houghton Mifflin, doesn't mention you as an author, doesn't mention Maya Cointreau. Are you saying that wasn't you and someone else used your account to write that? Huon (talk) 05:44, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

I was not aware that was going on any sort of user page, wiki asked me some questions when I logged in, as I said, and I answered them. I wasn't planning on ever making any page representing the company. As far as I knew, the only thing I was publishing publically was the article I was working on directly on the wikipedia site about Maya Cointreau. Everything I read on here in the rules said you can be associated with the people you might write articles about (in this first case myself, though I said I was looking forward to working on other articles) but that one must disclose how any businesses might be connected, so when wiki asked about earth lodge I answered the basic canned answer. Not flowery prose meant to advertise, certainly, and I never planned to make a page for earth lodge. I did not realize it was going on a user page which could be construed as "publicity". Honestly, I've been trying to follow all the rules and be forthright, but the wiki process is pretty cumbersome and confusing. If anyone had just asked me a question, I would have answered, but instead the whole process has been pretty unpleasant. All anyone had to do was point out to this confused new user that wasn't following wiki rules and needed to take the text down. I am happy to use a different username, that is not an issue at all -- since most people on here don't use their real names I hadn't realized using earthlodge would be an issue. It's just one of several forum names I have literally used for decades and was easy for me to remember. As I said, I apparently made the name two years ago and then never logged on again, so when I signed on this week intending to make a new username and my browser had it already filled in, I just continued on with that one.Earthlodge (talk) 14:33, 26 March 2018 (UTC)